Halloween is only a couple of weeks away. Kids are starting to think of costume ideas and parents are planning their trick or treat routes. 

For more than 20 years Melanie Gambrell has been offering a sanctuary for abandoned animals throughout Texas. In recent months that sanctuary has not only been shaken, but had to be relocated due to an eviction notice received by a local oil company. 

On the 9th of October 2019 at approximately 4:10 A.M., Big Spring Police Department officers were dispatched to the area of 16th and Austin for shots being fired. 

Public Service AnnouncementOn the 26th of October 2019, from the hours of 10am-2pm, the Big Spring Police Department’s Narcotics Division will be working in collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Administration on the National Pharmaceutical Take Back Initiative at the west doors of Spring …

Until 4 p.m. there is live music taking place at Spring Town Plaza, directly in front of Gary B's. 

Did you know Big Spring has an airport? Did you know that airport has been here 90 years? 

Chief Boatswain’s Mate Daniel Pike, from Big Spring, Texas, right, instructs Sailors during a general quarters drill aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10). Pacific Griffin is a biennial exercise conducted in the waters near Guam aimed at enhancing c…

Big Spring's Disabled American Veterans Commander Ed Meiser, left, and Vice-Commander Mike Tarpley, center, spoke with members of the public Friday during their biannual Forget-Me-Not fundraising campaign. The campaign, during which members of the DAV distribute small blue forget-me-not flow…

On September 17, 2019, contractors for the City of Big Spring began the first phase of a 20” water line replacement project. Repairs began on Donley Street from East 11th Place to East 15th Street.  

In celebration of the 90th anniversary,  this weekend's annual fly in kicked off with a screening of the Disney movie Planes.  

The City of Big Spring issued the following notice regarding Comanche Trail Park this weekend:

By ROGER CLINE

A former Big Spring resident and 2018 Big Spring High School graduate, Eric Stinson and his wife, Chesney, are working on a bucket list. 

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In recognition and in order to raise awareness Victims Services held the annual placement of the Silent Witness silhouettes ceremony, at the Howard County Courthouse. 

On the 27th of September 2019 at approximately 12:14 A.M., the Howard County Sheriff's office dispatch received a call in regards to a suspicious incident that had already occurred at the Hwy 350 and IH-20 Shell station.  

There is still time to get registered for Bikes Across Big Spring. Swing by the Porters parking lot before 4 p.m. Money raised will benefit CASA. 

Update: (Sept. 27, 2019 at 8:47 a.m.)

On Tuesday at 7:21 pm, an aggravated robbery occurred in the area of the blue and green parking lots on the Midland Memorial Hospital Campus. 

AUSTIN, TX – Grants supporting veteran services are available to eligible non-profit organizations and government agencies from the Fund for Veterans' Assistance (FVA) of the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC). The application deadline for 2020 FVA grants is October 25, 2019. For detailed instr…

The Big Spring Herald will be publishing a list of Halloween Safe Spots, during the month of October. If you would like to have your business or organization listed on our Safe Spot list please send in the following information:

Former Forsan Elementary student Peyton Rowden has joined forces with her mother and her grandmother to create a fundraiser supporting children at Prisma Health Children's Hospital. 

Jodi Duck and the Elections Office staff is Downtown in the Heart of the City Pavillion, along with Double L BBQ waiting on those who are wanting to get registered to vote. 

Herald Staff Report

Update: As of 12:03 p.m. the Big Spring Police Department announced that Jayden Gutierrez has been arrested.

The following public service announcement was issued by the City of Big Spring:

Howard County commissioners will hold a budget workshop at 2:30 p.m.  before their regularly scheduled meeting at 3:30 p.m. today. The workshop will be in the second-floor conference room at the Howard County Courthouse, 300 S. Main; while the meeting will be in the third-floor courtroom.

The Howard County Sheriff's Office issued the following update regarding the reported threat at Coahoma High School, earlier this week.

Homecoming Week is here; all Steers - past and present - are encouraged to show off your school spirit all week. On Friday, the Big Spring Steers will be taking on Pecos. 

Residents of Big Spring and Howard County joined together and remembered the tragic events that happened 18 years ago.  

Food 2 Kids kicked off another year tonight.  Several volunteers returned and several new faces joined the effort.  Several organizations were in attendance and helped sack more than 350 bags.  The group will meet every first Monday and Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m.

AUSTIN – Services for Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Trooper Moises Sanchez will begin Thursday, Sept. 5, in Edinburg, Texas. Sanchez, 49, died Aug. 24, nearly five months after he was shot in the line of duty.

Hotel Settles will be offering a special presentation this evening from 4 pm to 7 pm, with light refreshments. The video will show what to do in case of a mass shooting situation. The community is invited to attend . Here are a few of the areas discussed in the video: 

Uniting in Big Spring

High temperatures and lack of rain created the perfect atmosphere for fires this past week. The HCVFD responded to many grass fires throughout the week, and Friday was no exception, including a mobile home fire in Sand Springs area (Grimes Rd).

Big Spring ISD board of trustees approved the 2019-20 budget, during a special meeting that took place Thursday evening. 

UPDATE: 

AUSTIN – Two of the Texas 10 Most Wanted — one sex offender and one fugitive — were recently captured. Melvin Carl Schrader, 49, a wanted sex offender, was arrested on Aug. 19 in Waco. Cesar Rene Ortiz, 45, a wanted fugitive, was arrested on Aug. 13 in Edinburg. The arrests were not the resu…